Abstract: Method line to roll strip and plate starting from thin slabs produced by continuous casting, whereby the cast product is subjected to at least one descaling operation followed by a roughing operation and by a finishing operation before being wound in coils, thin slabs being cast continuously at the same time by a continuous casting machine with at least one casting line (11), the thin slabs being then sheared to size to obtain segments of the desired length, the segments then undergoing a first descaling step and then being accelerated into the heating furnace (18) consisting of modules and then to a second descaling unit (21) and then through a roughing rolling mill stand (22), before being delivered to a tunnel furnace (24), a third descaling unit (27) and a finishing train (12).

Abstract: Method and line to roll strip and plate starting from thin slabs produced by continuous casting, whereby the cast product is subjected to at least one descaling operation followed by a roughing operation and by a finishing operation before being wound in coils, thin slabs being cast continuously at the same time by a continuous casting machine with at least one casting line (11), the thin slabs being then sheared to size to obtain segments of the desired length, the segments then undergoing a first descaling step and then being accelerated into the heating furnace (18) consisting of modules and then to a second descaling unit (21) and then through a roughing rolling mill stand (22), before being delivered to a tunnel furnace (24), a third descaling unit (27) and a finishing train (12).

Abstract: Roller conveyor to arrive at the pinch-roll or other downstream usage device for feeding strip or wide flat products (13) in a hot strip rolling train, the roller conveyor comprising a plurality of parallel and substantially horizontal cylindrical rollers (14) having their axes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of feed of the strip (13), the roller conveyor cooperating with at least one transversely movable guiding sidewall (17) having an inner surface cooperating with a lateral edge of the strip (13), at least each of the rollers (14) positioned immediately upstream of the downstream usage device consisting of two coaxial half-rollers, which are respectively a first half-roller (14a) and second half-roller (14b), at least the first half-roller (14a) being associated with the at least one guiding sidewall (17), the half-rollers (14a, 14b) being associated with independent respective motors (15a, 15b) governed by a control and actuation unit (16) which actuates the motors (15a, 15b) at least momentarily a

Abstract: Method to equalize the temperature in a heating furnace (10) with a controlled-oxidization ambient, the furnace (10) comprising at least one insulated chamber (11) cooperating with a supporting and conveying surface defined by a plurality of rollers (12), the rollers (12) including rings (35) to bear slabs (19), a plurality of burners (18) being comprised in cooperation with the upper part of the furnace (10), whereas a plurality of aspiration intakes (21) is included in cooperation with the lower part of the furnace (10), the feed to the burners (18) being adjusted in such a way as to ensure a strongly oxidizing atmosphere within the furnace (10) so as to obtain a desired and controllable layer of scale on the surface of a slab (19) in the furnace (10), this strongly oxidizing atmosphere being conveyed so as to surround and lap continuously and evenly the whole periphery of the slab (19), the furnace (10) cooperating downstream with a descaling assembly (22) to remove the layer of scale thus formed.